May 17, 2010

He Should Have Asked Her How To Pronounce Her Name.

Fun Q&A with Bethanie. Hey Liezel, you should get some tips from Bethanie on how to keep things classy and in perspective:

There was a lot of talk about Venus
and Serena Williams not playing. Do you think the Fed Cup
should stick to the same team all year?That option has
never been brought up, sticking to one team for the year. It’s tough to
say. If it were to be a one-team format, teams would be made
differently. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to see who really wants to commit
to Fed Cup. Obviously if Venus or Serena would have come [against
Russia] I wouldn’t have been able to play singles, so without them being
there, it gave me the opportunity to come up with the win and have that
experience. They’re the number one and four players in the world, so
you can’t tell them no. It’s just tough because the team that was there
was the team that really wanted to be there, wanted to play for the U.S.
and made the commitment to either withdraw from tournaments or not play
tournaments. It’s a team event, and that’s what it should be first and
foremost.

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He Should Have Asked Her How To Pronounce Her Name.

Fun Q&A with Bethanie. Hey Liezel, you should get some tips from Bethanie on how to keep things classy and in perspective:

There was a lot of talk about Venus
and Serena Williams not playing. Do you think the Fed Cup
should stick to the same team all year?That option has
never been brought up, sticking to one team for the year. It’s tough to
say. If it were to be a one-team format, teams would be made
differently. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to see who really wants to commit
to Fed Cup. Obviously if Venus or Serena would have come [against
Russia] I wouldn’t have been able to play singles, so without them being
there, it gave me the opportunity to come up with the win and have that
experience. They’re the number one and four players in the world, so
you can’t tell them no. It’s just tough because the team that was there
was the team that really wanted to be there, wanted to play for the U.S.
and made the commitment to either withdraw from tournaments or not play
tournaments. It’s a team event, and that’s what it should be first and
foremost.